Billy McKay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Robert Mckay | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Corby, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle (on loan from Wigan Athletic) |
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| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Leicester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Hinckley United (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Northampton Town | 74 | (13) |
| 2011–2015 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 121 | (54) |
| 2015– | Wigan Athletic | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Dundee United (loan) | 29 | (12) |
| 2016–2017 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2017– | → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Northern Ireland U18 | 2 | (0) | |
| Northern Ireland U20 | 3 | (1) | |
| 2008–2010 | Northern Ireland U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2013– | Northern Ireland | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:31, 31 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2014 |
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William Robert "Billy" Mckay (born 22 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, on loan from Wigan Athletic. He also represents the Northern Ireland national team.
Mckay began his career with Leicester City, but was unable to break into the first team, spending some time on loan with Hinckley United. Released by Leicester in 2009, Mckay played for Northampton Town before joining Inverness Caledonian Thistle in Scotland in 2011. After scoring 62 goals for Inverness in three-and-a-half seasons, Mckay was signed by Wigan Athletic in January 2015. He then joined Dundee United on a season-long loan in August 2015.
Although born in England, Mckay qualifies to play for Northern Ireland through ancestry. After representing the country at various youth levels, he made his full international debut in 2013.
Mckay started his career at Leicester City after being spotted as a youth by scout Bev Ironmonger. At a young age, he was brought into the academy, started to push for the first team and signed a new contract in 2008. Despite impressing with a prolific goalscoring record at academy and reserve team level for Leicester, Mckay was released at the end of the 2008–09 season.
He was loaned, for a month, to Hinckley United of the Conference North, in 2008.
Northampton Town gave Mckay a trial during 2009 pre-season, where he impressed by scoring two goals, including an overhead kick, against Coventry City. After this match he was awarded a one-year contract from manager, Stuart Gray.
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